SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:2493-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 202563

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2493-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2021-47145: btrfs: do not BUG_ON in link_to_fixup_dir (bsc#1222005).
- CVE-2021-47201: iavf: free q_vectors before queues in iavf_disable_vf (bsc#1222792).
- CVE-2021-47275: bcache: avoid oversized read request in cache missing code path (bsc#1224965).
- CVE-2021-47438: net/mlx5e: nullify cq->dbg pointer in mlx5_debug_cq_remove() (bsc#1225229)
- CVE-2021-47498: dm rq: do not queue request to blk-mq during DM suspend (bsc#1225357).
- CVE-2021-47520: can: pch_can: pch_can_rx_normal: fix use after free (bsc#1225431).
- CVE-2021-47547: net: tulip: de4x5: fix the problem that the array 'lp->phy' may be out of bound (bsc#1225505).
- CVE-2023-4244: Fixed a use-after-free in the nf_tables component, which could be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation (bsc#1215420).
- CVE-2023-52507: Fixed possible shift-out-of-bounds in nfc/nci (bsc#1220833).
- CVE-2023-52683: ACPI: LPIT: Avoid u32 multiplication overflow (bsc#1224627).
- CVE-2023-52693: ACPI: video: check for error while searching for backlight device parent (bsc#1224686).
- CVE-2023-52753: drm/amd/display: Avoid NULL dereference of timing generator (bsc#1225478).
- CVE-2023-52817: drm/amdgpu: Fix a null pointer access when the smc_rreg pointer is NULL (bsc#1225569).
- CVE-2023-52818: drm/amd: Fix UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds for SMU7 (bsc#1225530).
- CVE-2023-52819: drm/amd: Fix UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds for Polaris and Tonga (bsc#1225532).
- CVE-2024-26635: llc: Drop support for ETH_P_TR_802_2 (bsc#1221656).
- CVE-2024-26636: llc: make llc_ui_sendmsg() more robust against bonding changes (bsc#1221659).
- CVE-2024-26880: dm: call the resume method on internal suspend (bsc#1223188).
- CVE-2024-35805: dm snapshot: fix lockup in dm_exception_table_exit (bsc#1224743).
- CVE-2024-35819: soc: fsl: qbman: Use raw spinlock for cgr_lock (bsc#1224683).
- CVE-2024-35828: wifi: libertas: fix some memleaks in lbs_allocate_cmd_buffer() (bsc#1224622).
- CVE-2024-35947: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (bsc#1224647).
- CVE-2024-36014: drm/arm/malidp: fix a possible null pointer dereference (bsc#1225593).
- CVE-2024-36941: wifi: nl80211: do not free NULL coalescing rule (bsc#1225835).
- CVE-2024-38598: md: fix resync softlockup when bitmap size is less than array size (bsc#1226757).
- CVE-2024-38619: usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized (bsc#1226861).
- CVE-2024-39301: net/9p: fix uninit-value in p9_client_rpc() (bsc#1226994).
- CVE-2024-39475: fbdev: savage: Handle err return when savagefb_check_var failed (bsc#1227435)

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

- PM: hibernate: x86: Use crc32 instead of md5 for hibernation e820 integrity check (git-fixes).
- SUNRPC: Fix gss_free_in_token_pages() (git-fixes).
- SUNRPC: Fix loop termination condition in gss_free_in_token_pages() (git-fixes).
- drm/amdgpu/debugfs: fix error code when smc register accessors are NULL (git-fixes).
- kgdb: Add kgdb_has_hit_break function (git-fixes).
- kgdb: Move the extern declaration kgdb_has_hit_break() to generic kgdb.h (git-fixes).
- net: hsr: fix placement of logical operator in a multi-line statement (bsc#1223021).
- nfs: Handle error of rpc_proc_register() in nfs_net_init() (git-fixes).
- powerpc/rtas: Prevent Spectre v1 gadget construction in sys_rtas() (bsc#1227487).
- sched/deadline: Fix BUG_ON condition for deboosted tasks (bsc#1227407).
- sunrpc: fix NFSACL RPC retry on soft mount (git-fixes).
- x86/apic: Fix kernel panic when booting with intremap=off and x2apic_phys (git-fixes).
- x86/boot/e820: Fix typo in e820.c comment (git-fixes).
- x86/cpu: Fix AMD erratum #1485 on Zen4-based CPUs (git-fixes).
- x86/fpu: Return proper error codes from user access functions (git-fixes).
- x86/ioremap: Fix page aligned size calculation in __ioremap_caller() (git-fixes).
- x86/kprobes: Fix kprobes instruction boudary check with CONFIG_RETHUNK (git-fixes).
- x86/kprobes: Fix optprobe optimization check with CONFIG_RETHUNK (git-fixes).
- x86/msr: Fix wr/rdmsr_safe_regs_on_cpu() prototypes (git-fixes).
- x86/numa: Use cpumask_available instead of hardcoded NULL check (git-fixes).
- x86: __memcpy_flushcache: fix wrong alignment if size > 2^32 (git-fixes).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 202563

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2493-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/17/2024

Updated: 7/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-47520

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dlm-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source-rt, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gfs2-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cluster-md-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt_debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt_debug, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ocfs2-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel-rt

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47145, CVE-2021-47201, CVE-2021-47275, CVE-2021-47438, CVE-2021-47498, CVE-2021-47520, CVE-2021-47547, CVE-2023-4244, CVE-2023-52507, CVE-2023-52683, CVE-2023-52693, CVE-2023-52753, CVE-2023-52817, CVE-2023-52818, CVE-2023-52819, CVE-2024-26635, CVE-2024-26636, CVE-2024-26880, CVE-2024-35805, CVE-2024-35819, CVE-2024-35828, CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-36014, CVE-2024-36941, CVE-2024-38598, CVE-2024-38619, CVE-2024-39301, CVE-2024-39475

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2493-1

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